Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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The Situation Room photograph
Publisert: 5.8.2024 -
Ice Bucket Challenge
Publisert: 2.8.2024 -
The 1965 Freedom Riders of Australia
Publisert: 1.8.2024 -
Finding a home for Bulgaria's dancing bears
Publisert: 31.7.2024 -
Yazidi genocide: A rescue mission on Mount Sinjar
Publisert: 30.7.2024 -
The man who smuggled punk rock across the Berlin Wall
Publisert: 29.7.2024 -
The first cold chain vaccination storage system
Publisert: 26.7.2024 -
Building the Moscow Metro
Publisert: 25.7.2024 -
Olympics: Zamzam Farah at London 2012
Publisert: 24.7.2024 -
The first Olympic ‘mascot’
Publisert: 23.7.2024 -
The 1924 Paris Olympics
Publisert: 22.7.2024 -
How Ayia Napa became a clubbing capital
Publisert: 19.7.2024 -
The missing people of Cyprus
Publisert: 18.7.2024 -
Cyprus 2003: Crossing the ceasefire line
Publisert: 17.7.2024 -
Cyprus 1974: The Final Landing
Publisert: 16.7.2024 -
Cyprus 1974: The Greek coup
Publisert: 15.7.2024 -
Arrested for playing football in Brazil
Publisert: 12.7.2024 -
Italy's 'poison ships'
Publisert: 11.7.2024 -
The 1968 Mexico City massacre
Publisert: 10.7.2024 -
The day Celia Cruz returned to Cuba
Publisert: 9.7.2024
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.